Buyer profile · Police and fire
Police Digital Service tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE
- Tenders published
- 0
- In the last 12 months
- Contracts awarded
- 12
- To 11 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £676k
- 8 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £40k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Police Digital Service has no tenders open right now.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)17%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)8%
- Direct award (no competition)75%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Police Digital Service has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 17%
- Lower than 67% of police and fire services
- Based on 12 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 67%
- Higher than 72% of police and fire services
- Based on 12 winning suppliers
- Direct awards
- 75%
- Higher than 81% of police and fire services
- Based on 12 procurements
Compared with other police and fire services
Police Digital Service: 17%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 13 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 5 |
| 40–50% | 3 |
| 50–60% | 7 |
| 60–70% | 3 |
| 70–80% | 2 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 4 |
Police Digital Service: 67%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 1 |
| 20–30% | 3 |
| 30–40% | 7 |
| 40–50% | 7 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 13 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 0 |
Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds Police Digital Service.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Computer Society Subscription | British Computer Society | — | 31 Oct 2026 |
| Police Oracle Subscription | Red Snapper Media Limited | — | 31 Oct 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchore Licences | Blue Cube Security Ltd | — | 25 May 2026 |
| BLC0222 - National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS) | Palantir Technologies UK, Ltd. | £7.5m | 21 May 2026 |
| F5 NginX Licences | Bytes Software Services Ltd | — | 29 Mar 2026 |
| Trend Micro Licences | Blue Cube Security Ltd | — | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Cyber services training | Advent Im Limited | — | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Human Resource Management System | Hi Bob (UK) Limited | £186k | 20 Jan 2026 |
| StenghScope Licenses | Strengthscope Limited | — | 14 Nov 2025 |
| ICT Device Fulfilment | Novatech Ltd | — | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Executive MBA Apprenticeship | Lincoln Bishop University | — | 28 Oct 2025 |
| British Computer Society Subscription | British Computer Society | — | 27 Oct 2025 |